The Pre- And Proto-Historic Finns


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Among the Erza of the district of in the government of Nizegorod, as well as in the government of , a tradition is preserved that in the old days a brother could marry a sister. Not long ago there lived in the village of Dubensk a very pretty and hard-working girl. Her parents were reluctant to part with her and give her in marriage to a stranger. So they sent her to pay a long visit to her relatives at a distance, and on her return they received her as a complete stranger. From that day forth they obliged her to consider her brother as her husband. In answer to a direct question, a heathen Ceremis told Professor Smirnov that it was possible to marry a sister, though it was not done.1

1Abercromby, J.n/an/an/an/an/a, , 1: 182–183.

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Chicago: The Pre- And Proto-Historic Finns in Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, ed. Thomas, William I. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1937), Original Sources, accessed September 22, 2023, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8BBQP8E6U1CDELE.

MLA: . The Pre- And Proto-Historic Finns, Vol. 1, in Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, edited by Thomas, William I., New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1937, Original Sources. 22 Sep. 2023. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8BBQP8E6U1CDELE.

Harvard: , The Pre- And Proto-Historic Finns. cited in 1937, Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, ed. , McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York. Original Sources, retrieved 22 September 2023, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8BBQP8E6U1CDELE.